She qualified for an exemption in languages when she was diagnosed with dyslexia , which was part of the findings . I would like her to have an exemption in a foreign language if she consistently fails that subject but not in Irish which she has spoken and learned in school since she was four .. foreign languages as a rule are difficult for children with dyslexia to grasp especially when it isn't not a living language for themAnd they are only exposed to it for the first time in secondary school. Spending huge amounts of time on a subject that a child simply cannot grasp is wasteful and sets a child up for failure. I would rather she studied another subject that she would enjoy and have some success in , if she needed that

Thanks . Can the school decide?? My child is relatively fluent in Irish and has good aural and comprehension skills but is dyslexic and has serious spelling problems . What happens if a child doesn't do a foreign language . Can they take up an extra subject then in the leaving cert cycle? Thanks